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National Sustainability

Saga City smart urban answers to climate change

Watching a movie or video on climate change is always worthwhile, however many times the content seems to be geared to only children or only adults...
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Sustainability 90: designing the sustainable forest

With our planet's global population logging somewhere between 3 and 6 billion trees each year — to be turned into lumber, paper,...
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Earth Day 2012: National Park Service issues Green Parks Plan for Sustainability

The National Park Service is issuing a Green Parks Plan to focus the bureau on sustainable management of national parks and key environmental...
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Ford and SHFT launch sustainability film series in New York

Ford Motor Company and sustainability lifestyle platform SHFT.com unveiled the first of 10 digital short documentary films profiling cutting-edge...
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Controlling the 'Landscape v. Population' Conundrum

In the realm of environmental studies, there are several issues that are currently controlling the conversations found in most political and/or...
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Sage has been making authors happy (Encyclopedia of consumption and waste, 2012)

Encyclopedia of consumption and waste. The social science of garbage. Edited by C. A. Zimring and W.L. Rathje. Sage, March 6, 2012. 1232 p.The...
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Sustainability 85: creating the sustainable city

From the earliest years of human civilization, our fellow global citizens have become increasingly enamored of cities. The Ancient cities of...
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Sustainability 89: shading our way to savings

It is good that we are becoming more conscious of green design on our city streets and in our yards. Rain gardens, permeable pavings, green roofs,...
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Sustainability 88: innovative water use in green design

The Earth is not making any new water (and, unlike sunlight, none arrives here daily from space). The fixed quantity of water molecules that exist...
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Sustainability 87: fire-rated oriented strand board (OSB)

Oriented strand board (OSB) is an engineered wood sheathing panel that over the past several decades has seen increasing use across the United...
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